Create circles and polygons

- Now finally, we can also draw circles and polygons.…Now these are shapes because they're closed…and they create faces.…And the way that we draw them is very similar.…There are slight differences between them,…but they are similar.…So, we can find these under the Draw menu under Shapes.…We've already done Rectangle and Rotated Rectangle…but let's take a look at Circle and Polygon.…Now the hot key for circle is c…and we can also find it here in the toolbar.…

Now when I select the Circle tool,…it brings up a pencil icon with a little circle on it.…And all I really have to do is left click and drag.…But before I do that,…notice how in the bottom right hand corner,…it has a number of sides.…In this case, it's 24.…Now what this is going to do…is it's actually gonna create the circle…out of individual straight line segments…much like we saw with the Freehand and Arc tools.…And these individual line segments are smoothed…to create what looks like a circle.…

But the use of the tool is actually pretty simple.…All we have to do is left click and drag…

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1/26/2016

SketchUp Essential Training teaches the basics of SketchUp's easy-to-use 3D drawing, design, and rendering tools. Learn how to navigate 3D space in SketchUp, customize the interface, and start drawing. These SketchUp tutorials are suitable for a wide variety of fields: architectural design, landscaping, engineering, and even video game design. Author George Maestri also discusses how to organize complex drawings with groups and layers, create and apply materials on Windows and Mac computers, render drawings, and create simple animations for presentation.

These tutorials work with both SketchUp Make, the free version of the program, and SketchUp Pro.